blessedmom3 Posted August 29, 2009 Share Posted August 29, 2009 Each one , how long does it take (average) ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tinkgumby Posted August 29, 2009 Share Posted August 29, 2009 Before adding in everything else (math, language arts, art, music, etc.)? K took me about an hour, Core 1 and 2 an hour to hour and a half. It REALLY varies from day to day, though - if my kids are really interested in a book, they'll ask lots of questions and there will be quite a bit of discussion. Oh, and I guess I can't truly speak to how long Core 2 takes, since I changed it up so much. :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hsmamainva Posted August 29, 2009 Share Posted August 29, 2009 I trust you're not considering trying to do 3 Cores at once? Especially "mom-intensive" cores, like K, 1 & 2? Kindergarten took ... roughly an hour or two here. It wasn't the length of the reading selections -- it was the bouncing of the 5yr old whom I was attempting to teach! :) I remember there was a page or two to read from one of the Usborne books, and then a read-aloud story. Now, I believe, Core K contains beginning readers, but that wasn't the case several years ago! Core 1 took at least an hour...it depended upon how easily they took to learning to read. Two of mine are natural readers and, therefore, they could fly through a beginning reader. My oldest son struggled terribly, so he took much longer. Core 2 is one of my favorite cores! I really enjoyed that one. I spent more time reading aloud, because the chapters are longer, etc. But I'd say no more than 2 hours. But I can't stress enough the fact that you don't want to try to do 3 cores at once! Or even 2 cores! Yours are close enough in age that combining cores is ideal. Mine weren't ready to do a core independently until at least Core 5 or 6...which is somewhere around age 10-11. Then it's possible to do more than one core. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mschickie Posted August 30, 2009 Share Posted August 30, 2009 We are doing core 1 now. Just the core 1 stuff takes about 1- 1 1/2 hrs (including LA). If you throw in Math, phonics, handwritting and science then the entire day takes about 3 hrs for us. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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